Could there be a catfight between Charlotte and Utah over Roy Hibbert?

Two teams I said would be better this season, the Clippers and the Grizzlies. Grizzlies lose JCN, but gain Marc Gasol. 7-0. I’m just saying.

Blazer’s Edge thinks some of the black and red will be on the move this year.

USA Today’s eeking into the blogger world, and they’ve started a daily five section, today’s includes the draft.

3QC reviews Hedo’s year. The guy is going to have a better postseason next year. Everyone gets better with experience, and his offensive versatility and range is going to help them be a major force in the East as soon as they grab a power forward.

I sincerely hope Ball in Europe keeps running its rumors section. With the globalization of the game that’s happening, and not in the way the NBA wants, there’s going to be a need for this kind of news.

I’m a sucker for trade rumors when they involve train wreck teams. I was POSITIVE Kobe would be traded last year, and I look stupid even now for that. I underestimated Kupchak severely, but at the same time, I would still maintain that the safe move there would be to trade him. Bynum’s development was really the big gamble that paid off, and that’s something only Kupchak et al could have known. So well done for them. At the same point, who do the Nuggets have that could right the ship with their development? Linas Kleiza? We’ll be talking about him later this afternoon. There’s no one. So all this “Melo is not going to be traded” talk makes me nervous. What Joe Dumars wants, Joe Dumars gets.

A lights out look at AI with the Nuggets. Jeremy and I are on the same page. Trading for him? Good gamble. Keeping him long term? Bad gamble.

Kobe says he “ain’t going 0-2, homey” to Pau Gasol. I’m sure everyone expects him to respond like the MVP. Like everyone expected him to keep his team close in Game 6…just kidding. We’re all on the same side, now. Go Kobes!